Much like similar derogatory titles “siren” and “fury”, the term “harpy” is derived from a group of monstrous female figures ...

Everything we ask of art is in the eyes of these women, just two of the 58 extraordinary ... power racist delusions of the past with Greek and Roman statuary. But nothing here looks anything ...

New Delhi: Walk through the corridors of Roman churches, have a tête-à-tête with the villas of Piazza Armerina or bask under the ornate ceilings of Basilica of San Vitale, the artistic pinnacle of the ...

Generations of art historians specializing in Greek and Roman sculptures have completely missed out on what seems to be a central feature of the experience these sculptures were supposed to trigger.

A climate in which science, art, and culture flourished in the Golden Age of Islam and the conditions that foretold the Age’s ...

New, almost life-size statues discovered in a necropolis in Pompeii. Details about the possible Roman priestess.

A skeleton recovered from a Roman-era cemetery in England may mark the first physical evidence of combat between gladiators ...

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From HBO’s series House of the Dragon to Rebecca Yarros’s Empyrean book series, dragons continue to fascinate. Yarros’s ...

45-foot statue of naked woman unveiled at Embarcadero Plaza at foot of Market Street in San Francisco. Artist @marcocochrane speaks out, 5:15 p.m. @KTVU pic.twitter.com/7hmg1zq1eR ...